IPL 2021 RCB vs DC playing 11: Ishant replaces Ashwin in Delhi's Line-up

Delhi Capitals has picked pacer Ishant Sharma in place of R Ashwin while RCB makes two changes in its playing 11. Check RCB vs DC playing 11 and top batmen and bowlers record here

In Match 22 of Indian Premier League, Delhi Capitals (DC) captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl first against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at Narendra Modi Stadium, popularly known as Motera Stadium, in Ahmedabad today. Both teams are on eight points, with DC just above RCB in second place thanks to better net run rate (NRR). Delhi Capitals has picked pacer Ishant Sharma in place of R Ashwin while RCB make two changes in its playing 11.

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RCB vs DC final playing 11
 
RCB playing 11: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Daniel Sams, Kyle Jamieson, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel

 
DC playing 11: Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Steve Smith, Rishabh Pant, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Avesh Khan.

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RCB vs DC head to head record 

• Overall: 25
• RCB won: 14
• DC won: 10
• No result: 1 

RCB highest score vs DC: 215
DC highest score vs RCB: 196
 
RCB lowest score vs DC: 137
DC lowest score vs RCB: 95
 
Delhi Capitals' top five batsmen

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1	Shikhar Dhawan	5	5	0	259	92	51.8	182	142.3	0	2	32	5
2	Prithvi Shaw	5	5	0	166	72	33.2	104	159.6	0	2	20	6
3	Rishabh Pant	5	5	1	125	51	31.3	95	131.6	0	1	16	2
4	Steve Smith	3	3	1	76	34*	38	66	115.2	0	0	7	1
5	Lalit Yadav	3	3	2	54	22*	54	55	98.18	0	0	6	0

Delhi Capitals' top five bowler

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Inns	Ov	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1	Avesh Khan	5	5	18	137	11	3 for 32	12.5	7.61	9.8	0	0
2	Amit Mishra	3	3	11	82	5	4 for 24	16.4	7.45	13	1	0
3	Chris Woakes	3	3	11	82	5	2 for 18	16.4	7.45	13	0	0
4	Kagiso Rabada	4	4	14	123	4	2 for 30	30.8	8.78	21	0	0
5	Axar Patel	1	1	4	26	2	2 for 26	13	6.5	12	0	0

RCB's top five batsmen

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s
1	Glenn Maxwell	5	4	0	198	78	49.5	133	148.9	0	2	20	8
2	Devdutt Padikkal	4	4	1	171	101*	57	108	158.3	1	0	19	8
3	Virat Kohli	5	5	1	151	72*	37.8	118	128	0	1	16	3
4	AB de Villiers	5	4	1	129	76*	43	75	172	0	1	13	5
5	Kyle Jamieson	5	4	1	43	16	14.3	30	143.3	0	0	4	2

RCB's top five bowler

POS	PLAYER	Mat	Inns	Ov	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1	Harshal Patel	5	5	20	167	15	5 for 27	11.1	8.35	8	0	1
2	Kyle Jamieson	5	5	17	157	6	3 for 41	26.2	9.23	17	0	0
3	Mohammed Siraj	5	5	19	123	5	3 for 27	24.6	6.47	23	0	0
4	Shahbaz Ahmed	4	2	3	21	3	3 for 7	7	7	6	0	0
5	Washington Sundar	5	5	12	90	3	1 for 7	30	7.5	24	0	0

Squads:
 
Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant (captain/wicketkeeper), Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Steve Smith, Sam Billings, Shimron Hetmyer, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Umesh Yadav, Tom Curran, Avesh Khan, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Ripal Patel, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddharth, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Chris Woakes, Vishnu Vinod (wicketkeeper), Aditya Tare (wicketkeeper).
 
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Finn Allen (wicket-keeper), AB de Villiers (wicket-keeper), Pavan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Daniel Sams, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Daniel Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, KS Bharat.